New Delhi: What is it that binds L.K. Advani, Somnath Chatterjee, Sachin Pilot, Jitin Prasada and Lalu Prasad? Almost all of them are looking for new Lok Sabha constituencies after the redrawing of the country`s parliamentary map.
The next general elections are less than a year away. But many veterans suddenly find themselves orphaned, the Lok Sabha constituencies that elected them to parliament in the last polls shaken up badly because of a massive delimitation exercise.
In the process, the number of Lok Sabha seats reserved for Scheduled Castes has increased from 79 to 85 and those of Scheduled Tribes from 41 to 48 due to the shuffling of assembly segments within each parliamentary constituency. This has altered the population ratio in each constituency, reducing the number of seats reserved for the genera section. And many stalwarts in the Lok Sabha find themselves in this category.
Text: IANS
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